Cursed Nightmare in Divinity: Original Sin 2 – My Desperate Battle Against the Unholy Affliction

Holy moly, let me tell you about the time I got cursed in Divinity: Original Sin 2! 😱 One minute I'm strolling through Fort Joy feeling like a hero, the next – BAM! – this invisible fist of doom slams into my character. Suddenly, my poor elf felt like she'd been dunked in molasses while wearing lead boots. Accuracy? Gone faster than my loot during a Sebille pickpocketing spree. Dodging? Might as well try dodging raindrops in a hurricane! And those sweet elemental resistances? Poof! Vanished like a cowardly magister when Voidwoken show up. That cursed status isn't just some annoying itch – it's a soul-crushing parasite that clings to you like a jealous ex, whispering 'Game Over' every time you blink. On Tactician mode? Man, I was sweating bullets! One wrong move and it's reload city, population: my shattered ego.

The Divine Lifesaver: Bless or Bust!

When that unholy hex first hit me, I panicked like a chicken spotting a fox. Then I remembered the nuclear option: Bless, that glorious golden glow of salvation! 🕊️ This ain't your grandma's healing spell – it's a full-on divine intervention that vaporizes curses faster than I devour sweetrolls. But here's the kicker: you gotta earn this miracle. No skill book shortcuts! I had to trek to that spooky Statue of the Seven in Hollow Marshes (X:517, Y:173), heart pounding like a war drum. The Voidwoken ambush there? Felt like the game itself was cackling 'Surprise, sucker!' as three tentacled horrors leaped out. Surviving that chaos just to beg my patron deity for help? Absolutely worth it when that golden light finally burst from my hands! Though let's be real – needing Source Points means early-game curses feel like torture while waiting for collar removal.

Resurrection Scrolls: Death's Ironic Cure

Okay, picture this: my rogue Fane gets cursed again near Driftwood, and I'm fresh outta Source Points. What's a desperate adventurer to do? Embrace the dark humor! Killing your own teammate sounds bonkers, right? But slapping that cursed corpse with a Resurrection Scroll? Absolute genius! ✨ It’s like the curse gets so confused by death’s paperwork that it forgets to cling on. Those scrolls became my emergency chocolate stash – pricey early on (150 gold apiece hurts!), but oh-so-satisfying to 'acquire' via... creative shopping methods. cough pickpocketing vendors cough. By late game? I was tossing them like confetti! Though that Necromancer combo (Living on the Edge + Last Rites) always felt like showing up to a knife fight with a nuclear missile – hilariously overkill but oh-so-sweet when you pull it off.

Cure Methods Compared	Resource Cost	Early Game Viability	Drama Factor
Bless Spell	Source Points 💫	Post-collar removal only	★★★★☆ Divine spectacle!
Resurrection Scrolls	Gold 💰 or crafting	Available immediately	★★★☆☆ Exploding then un-exploding friends!
Reloading Saves	Sanity & time ⏳	Always possible	★☆☆☆☆ Soul-crushing repetition

Save-Scumming & Cursed Gear Traps

Let's address the elephant in the room: sometimes you just gotta reload that save like a shameful addict. Found a cursed chest? Accidentally equipped that suspiciously shiny ring? Talk about a pain in the neck! I once spent 20 minutes replaying a trap corridor using summoned spiders as curse sponges – those poor critters never saw it coming. But cursed items? Oh boy, they’re the ultimate troll move. You resurrect your buddy, cheer as the curse vanishes... then BAM it slithers back because they're still wearing that accursed amulet! The sheer pettiness of it! I learned the hard way: unequip first, resurrect second. Or else you’re wasting Bless cooldowns like a noob at a magic show.

So here I am in 2025, still flinching at purple mist effects years later. These 'solutions' work, sure, but they’re Band-Aids on a dagger wound. Why must curing feel like bargaining with a trickster god? Maybe Larian Studios enjoys watching us squirm. Maybe curses are Rivellon's way of reminding us that even Source magic has limits. Or maybe... just maybe... that lingering vulnerability is the real curse. 😉